The alleged victim, a 34-year-old man, told police he was taking his laundry to his car when he asked a woman if she could move her car so he could get out of the parking lot, Hanlon said. The unidentified woman had been parked in front of the laundromat doors, he said.

“She said some profanity to him, and said there was plenty of room to get out,” Hanlon said. “So (the alleged victim) returned to his car and kept trying to get out of the lot.”

A short time later, when the man returned to retrieve his items from the laundromat, Willis and Pike showed up and assaulted him, Hanlon said.

“They punched him and he went down,” Hanlon said.

The man suffered a red welt on his forehead, but he was not taken to the hospital, he said.

Willis, 29, of 167 Broad St., apt. 1, Whitman, and Pike, of 169 South Ave., apt. 1, Whitman, were both charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, shod foot, and assault and battery.

Pike faces two more charges of vandalizing property and threat to commit a crime. The alleged victim told police Pike had said to him, “I’m going to kill you.”

Pike and Willis were released after each posted $150 cash bail on Sunday night. Both men were arraigned Monday in Brockton District Court. Pike is due back in court on Jan. 28 and Willis on Jan. 29.